When the stars from the skies have fallen And the smoke of the world's cleared away;
When Saint Peter marks "30" in Life's Book And we meet there on Judgment Day;
When our trials and troubles are ended And we're wise to the bes...
My trade was old when the world was new, Ere the pyramids rose by the
Men quitted their wives, and gave me their goods For the warmth of my kiss, and my smile
For never was wife who could hold her man By the honeymoon's
Did I veil m...
Some sigh for the breath of the desert Where the stifling heat waves blow;
Some pant for the trackless tundra And the sting of the cold and snow;
Some long for the wash of a sultry sea As it breaks on a tropic shore;
Some pine for t...
If you can hit the trail in zero weather And laugh at frozen hand, or foot or face;
If you can eat your dogs, and still keep moving And beat the rest, and hold the stampede's pace;
If you can stake and dig alone, unaided And hold your gr...
The home of the tin can and dog,
A waste of snow, ice, and moss
The graveyard of ambitions,
The by-word for hell,
The dream of the white man ever goes out To the fight that can never be won,
And ever he plans to do the things That they say can never be done
It's seldom he values the things that are, What he craves he never may gain,
But ever he...
A man that's spent years knocking round "out in front" Has most usually had lots of pals--He's mixed up with pardners at various times And he's had his affairs with the gals
Now, a pardner's peculiar in lots of his ways And he'll di...
As long as lure o' placer gold Brings North the best ye breed,
As long as tales of camps and trails Are planted with your seed,
As long as red blood courses thru And warms adventure's sons,
They'll sally forth, bound for the North, ...
This Land is the orphan kiddie Of the group with their stars in the Flag,
And it's looked on Outside as an alien, Where its treatment makes honest men gag
It's treated the same as the harlot Who barters her body for
And carries it h...
While all Europe is a shambles And the whole world is at war,
And half the land the sun shines on Is drenched in human gore;
When every Nation counts the men It knows are tried and
We send this message to you,
As one who lays aside a task, where one has ruled alone,
I lay aside the crown of hell, and give to you my throne;
As one who feels his race is run, whose day is of the past,
I recognize your genius, and abdicate at last
Looking for placer pangar, Loafing about in the hills,
Getting your grub with a rifle, Taking your drink from rills
Getting your bed from the spruce tree, Taking your course by your dreams,
Just camping alone in the mountains, Siwas...